The three officers were earlier appointed receivers on March 17 on the plea of Haryana and they were given power to take possession of the project land and were also asked to maintain status quo on the site.

The ruling BJP in the state had in its 2012 election manifesto promised special status to Goa. However, Parsekar recently ruled out the possibility of Goa getting a special category status as the "state tops in all fronts and is not backward."

While India is the world's fourth-biggest importer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) - behind Japan, South Korea and China - and is seen as a market on the rise, growth in consumption of the fuel is still far outpaced by oil and coal.